A Background Character’s Path to Power

A Background Character’s Path to Power
SUMMARY
Waking up in an unfamiliar world with no memories, I had only one advantage, a mind filled with knowledge of fictional tropes, clichés, and common sense learned from countless novels.
At first, I thought I was trapped in a romcom nightmare when I started triggering events like "Helping a Girl on a Rainy Day", "Damsel in Distress", and "Tripping Into the Heroine’s Arms." Naturally, I shut those nonsense down before they could escalate. No forced romances. No misunderstandings. No cringe.
But something was clearly off.
The world wasn’t just a slice-of-life comedy.
Beneath the cliché academy setting, there were whispers of awakening powers, hidden dangers, and a brutal magic academy entrance exam.
And every challenge I prevented or manipulated was an opportunity to grow stronger.
[Title Earned: Background Character.]
[Achievement Unlocked: Firm Mind.]
[New Skill Acquired: Background Character's Aura.]
[New Ability Acquired: Anti-Narrative Influence.]
I may be just a background character, but if fate insists on throwing these events at me, I’ll turn them into stepping stones.
Let the protagonists play their scripted roles — I have my own path to power. You can also read this novel here: Read free novels online
Chapter list
- Chapter 101: In the Arms of a Moon
- Chapter 102: Reunion With The Sun
- Chapter 103: Your Highness You Can't Escape Now
- Chapter 104: A Cupid That Wears Glasses
- Chapter 105: Empty Plates Full Hearts
- Chapter 106: Bwother Red and Manager-kun Save the Day
- Chapter 107: Twilight Hunt
- Chapter 108: Let the Snake Strike First
- Chapter 109: The Hunter Becomes The Hunted [1]
- Chapter 110: The Hunter Becomes The Hunted [2]
- Chapter 111: [White Lotus: Full Bloom]
- Chapter 112: Phantom Twin
- Chapter 113: The Ones Who Watch
- Chapter 114: Truth Beneath Still Waters
- Chapter 115: False Awakening
- Chapter 116: Thoughts weave the walls; Choices decide the way out
- Chapter 117: A Bloom Beneath the Ashes
- Chapter 118: I suppose I’ll be the fool holding the flame
- Chapter 119: Special Alchemy Commision
- Chapter 120: Warped Reality: A New Commission
- Chapter 121: Eyes Like Abandoned Stars
- Chapter 122: Where Light Finds the Lost
- Chapter 123: Dream That Never Ends
- Chapter 124: The Introvert's Guide to Friendship
- Chapter 125: The Nexus Resonance Academy
- Chapter 126: Paths Diverging in Snow
- Chapter 127: A Letter in the Snow
- Chapter 128: The Kind of Love That Waits
- Chapter 129: Clearly Peace Was Never an Option
- Chapter 130: I Don’t Like Yandere Tropes Please Don’t Be One
- Chapter 131: Fishing with a Snake
- Chapter 132: When the Prey Sets the Trap
- Chapter 1)
- Chapter 134: Cometfall Quartet: A Dance of Ice and Staffs
- Chapter 135: I Told Them Not to Overdo It
- Chapter 136: Everything Goes Wrong (As Expected)
- Chapter 137: The Prey Turns Hunter
- Chapter 138: Not While I Still Stand
- Chapter 139: All Because of Me
- Chapter 140: Wormslayers
- Chapter 141: We Were Never Free
- Chapter 2)
- Chapter 3)
- Chapter 144: I Got You
- Chapter 145: Where the Light Ends
- Chapter 146: Primordial Tyrant's Wrath
- Chapter 147: He Might Be Gone But He Is Not Forgotten
- Chapter 148: The Only Way Forward
- Chapter 149: Amaniel: Status Unknown
- Chapter 150: 99.9% Dead